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Example Question #1 : Geometric Vectors
Find the vector given by the product:
Given a scalar k and a vector v, the vector given by their products is defined component-wise:
.
Here, our product is:
Example Question #2 : Evaluate Geometric Vectors
This question refers to the previous question.
Simplify.
In order to simplify this problem we need to multiply the scalar factor to each component of the vector.
In our case the scalar factor is
Thus,
Example Question #2 : Geometric Vectors
Evaluate:
In order to determine the final value of the vector, distribute the scalar among each term in the vector.
Example Question #4 : Evaluate Geometric Vectors
If the vector from to
was multiplied by a scale factor of 3, what is the new vector
?
To find :
Subtract vector from
.
Multiply this vector by a scale of 3.
Example Question #3 : Geometric Vectors
Find the product of:
When a scalar is multiplied to a vector, simply distribute that value for both terms in the vector.
Example Question #6 : Evaluate Geometric Vectors
When given a vector and a scalar
what happens to the length and angle of
when multiplied with
?
or the length of the product is
times as long as the original vector.
The angle is multiplied by .
or the length of the product is the same as the original vector.
The angle is unchanged
or the length of the product is
times the length of the original vector.
The angle is multiplied by
or the length of the product is
times the length of the original vector.
The angle is unchanged.
or the length of the product is the same as the original vector.
The angle is multiplied by .
or the length of the product is
times the length of the original vector.
The angle is unchanged.
In simple terms is the hypotenuse of a triangle formed by the components of
. So when you multiply
by
it mupltiplies all the componets by
. This makes the length of the hypotensuse grow by
as demonstrated by
from the Pythagorean Theorem.
For the same reasons the angle does not change because the new longer triangle will be a similar triangle to the original triangle.
Example Question #4 : Geometric Vectors
Determine the product:
To find the product of the scalar and the vector, simply multiply the scalar throughout each term inside the vector. Do not confuse this with the dot product or the norm of a vector.
The answer is:
Example Question #5 : Geometric Vectors
Evaluate
None of the other answers
When adding two vectors, they need to be expanded into their components. Luckily, the problem statement gives us the vectors already in their component form. From here, we just need to remember that we can only add like components. So for this problem we get:
Now we can combine those values to write out the complete vector:
Example Question #21 : Understanding Scalar And Vector Quantities
What is the magnitude and angle for the following vector, measured CCW from the x-axis?
The magnitude of the vector is found using the distance formula:
To calculate the angle we must first find the inverse tangent of :
This angle value is the principal arctan, but it is in the fourth quadrant while our vector is in the second. We must add the angle 180° to this value to arrive at our final answer.
Example Question #21 : Understanding Scalar And Vector Quantities
Vector has a magnitude of 3.61 and a direction 124° CCW from the x-axis. Express
in unit vector form.
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